From tomorrow, Wednesday, June 5, those interested in its programs Rural Home can submit applications for participation in KEP of the whole country, according to the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family and the supervised Organization of Welfare Benefits and Social Solidarity (OPEKA).

In particular, the ministry states that those interested can apply for the following programs of the Rural Home:

  1. Social / spa tourism: 53,500 beneficiaries
  2. Children’s camp program: 1,500 children
  3. Excursion program: 12,500 beneficiaries
  4. Free provision of books: 130,000 beneficiaries
  5. Free provision of theater tickets: 32,500 beneficiaries
  6. Financial aid: 1,000 peasant mothers with many children and 4,000 peasant mothers with three children.

Applications

To submit the application for participation in the KEPs, they should provide:

  1. Any document from which the Social Security Registration Number (SIN) can be obtained, as well as of their protected members (e.g. health record or AMKA certificate) or any document from which the Social Security Registration Number (AM) can be obtained
  2. Identity card
  3. In the case of OGA pensioners who have been subject to the e-EFKA and suffer from mental disability, DOWN syndrome or cerebral palsy, notification of the result of disability certification or its decision is additionally required.

In detail, the 7 programs for 2024 are as follows:

  • Social tourism. It concerns a 6-day holiday (5 nights) for 50,000 beneficiaries. Validity is from July 10, 2024 to May 30, 2025.
  • Spa tourism. It concerns a 6-day vacation (5 nights) and five simple baths for 3,500 beneficiaries. Those interested can make use of this program and related accommodations from July 10, 2024 to May 30, 2025.
  • Excursion tourism. It concerns four (4) day trips for 12,500 beneficiaries and always with contracted tourist agencies. Those interested will be able to make use of this program from July 10, 2024 to May 30, 2025.
  • Children’s camps. It concerns a 16-day program for 1,500 children of beneficiaries of the Rural Home. The children’s camp program is valid from: 6-22-2024
  • Free books. The program concerns 130,000 beneficiaries, who can purchase books of their choice with a total value of 20 euros for each beneficiary and 30 euros for each beneficiary’s child, from contracted bookstores and publishing houses throughout the country. The validity of this program is from July 10, 2024 to May 30, 2025.
  • Free theater tickets. The program concerns 32,500 beneficiaries for theatrical performances in all major cities of Greece. The period of validity is from July 10, 2024 to May 30, 2025. For each ticket, the company is subsidized with an amount of up to 15 euros for the Main Stage and with an amount of up to 12 euros for the Children’s Stage.
  • Financial assistance to multi-child and triple-child farming mothers.

The program is aimed at 1,000 mothers with many children who will receive an aid of 1,000 euros and 4,000 mothers with three children who will receive an aid of 700 euros.

Eligible to participate in the program are: Mothers of three children and mothers of many children retired or insured of the e-EFKA (OGA) who are insured on December 31 of the year 2023.

Draw

After the applications have been processed and if their number exceeds the number of applications provided for in the LAE / OPECA Programs, a lottery will follow with an electronic procedure. The distribution of beneficiaries is done proportionally in all prefectures, with priority to those that have not been drawn in the last three years.

Beneficiaries are informed about the result of the lottery through the OPECA website (www.opeka.gr) or through the KEP.

For more information, those interested can visit the websites of the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family and OPECA.